Jim Acker vs. Curly Brown — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Curly Brown
Lost GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Curly Brown built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 4.2 and 1.391 for Curly Brown. By the career numbers, Jim Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Curly Brown

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
128.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.02
9.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
3.64
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
38.54
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
6.3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
34.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Curly Brown

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.714
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Curly Brown

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
31
379.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
578.57
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.01
36.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.32
40.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.44
5.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA